XN000022-1994-02-08 — Page 5

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1994

"THE COMPLETED FORM SHOULD THEN BE SUBMITTED, TOGETHER WITH THE PRELIMINARY APPLICATION FORM FOR ALLOCATION OF QUOTA, ΤΟ THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER PROCESSING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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EMPLOYERS ARE ADVISED THAT IN THE REGISTRATION OF JOB VACANCIES, THEY MUST NOT IMPOSE UNREASONABLE REQUIREMENTS ON APPLICANTS, AND PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO LOCAL WORKERS.

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JOB SEEKERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT ARE ADVISED TO APPROACH THE LES OFFICE FOR ASSISTANCE. THE LES WILL REFER THEM TO SUITABLE JOBS FOR INTERVIEW BY THE RELEVANT EMPLOYERS.

ENQUIRIES ON IMMIGRATION-RELATED MATTERS MAY BE MADE OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ON TEL 829 3220 AND 829 3225 AND THAT ON EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT MAY BE MADE ON TEL 852 4158.

TV AND RADIO CODES OF PRACTICE REVISED

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THE BROADCASTING AUTHORITY (BA) HAS REVISED ITS TELEVISION RADIO CODES OF PRACTICE ON PROGRAMME STANDARDS то REGULATE THE PORTRAYAL OF CRIMINALS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR BA SAID IT HAD BECOME INCREASINGLY APPARENT THAT THE EXISTING STANDARDS WHICH WERE DRAWN UP SOME YEARS AGO FELL SHORT OF ADDRESSING CURRENT CONCERN OVER THE GLAMORISATION OF THE LIFESTYLES OF TRIADS AND OTHER CRIMINALS.

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HAVE HAD MANY COMPLAINTS IN RECENT YEARS ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH CRIMINALS WERE BEING DEPICTED, PARTICULARLY ON TELEVISION, AND THE ADVERSE INFLUENCE THIS MIGHT HAVE ON YOUNG PEOPLE.

"UNFORTUNATELY OUR EXISTING CODES WERE INADEQUATE то ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, AND SO THE AUTHORITY HAS DRAWN UP NEW CODES WHICH, IT IS HOPED, WILL LEAD TO A MORE RESPONSIBLE AND REALISTIC DEPICTION OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS," HE SAID.

THE NEW STANDARDS SEEK ΤΟ PREVENT THE GRATUITOUS AND UNNECESSARY DEPICTION OF CRIME AND THE GLORIFICATION OF THE LIFESTYLES OF CRIMINALS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID BA DID NOT INTEND TO RESTRICT THE CREATIVITY AND EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE BROADCASTERS, BUT DID BELIEVE SOME RESTRICTIONS WERE APPROPRIATE.

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BA HAS ALSO IMPOSED FINANCIAL PENALTIES ON THE TWO COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LICENCEES, IN RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS.

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A PENALTY OF $100,000 AND TWO SERIOUS WARNINGS WERE IMPOSED TVB AFTER THE AUTHORITY CONSIDERED VARIOUS PUBLIC COMPLAINTS ABOUT LANGUAGE USED IN THE PROGRAMME "THE EDGE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" WHICH WAS BROADCAST ON TVB JADE DURING FAMILY VIEWING HOURS.

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BA CONSIDERED THAT THE LANGUAGE USED IN THE DRAMA SERIAL AS WHOLE, WHICH INCLUDED MANY CRUDE EXPRESSIONS AND INNUENDOES, WAS UNSUITABLE FOR BROADCAST DURING FAMILY VIEWING HOURS.

/IT CONSIDERED